Carles Fernandez-Torne
Biographic Data
| ID | 3560657 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carles Fernandez-Torne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carles |
| FAMILY NAME | Fernandez-Torne |
| SIGNATURE | FERNANDEZ-TORNE C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Ramon Llull |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2962-9438 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
What Truth? How Civil Society Organisations Shape the Knowledge Production of Truth Commissions
This article examines how civil society organisations are able to shape the politics of knowledge production of truth commissions (TCs). The article argues that their capacity varies according to the ongoing power dynamics resulting from local, national and international factors that shape the establishment of a TC. The interactions of these factors are studied through an analytical framework that assesses three dimensions, namely: the standardis…
Mirroring Truths
Long-established liberal democracies with histories of settler colonialism-from the United States and Canada to Australia and Scandinavia-are beginning to explore their histories of violence and dispossession. This, in many ways, is long overdue, but the desire to come to terms with past injustices should not obscure the challenges that still stand in the way of any reasonable effort to do so. We argue that transitional justice can be applied to …
Still disappeared’
Experts agree that in 1990, Nepal established a truth commission to investigate disappearances that allegedly happened between 1960 and 1990. Little is known about this truth-seeking mechanism. Most of what has been published refers to the Mallik Commission, a better-known commission established also in 1990. This Research Note presents new data on the Committee on Disappearances. It examines the process through which the Committee came to be and…
Submissive to the Political Will? Civil Society and Victims’ Mobilization around Truth Commissions
Objective/context: The article explores truth commissions as processes that allow victims and civil society mobilization. It examines the relationship between victims and civil society with the governing regime in the lead up to the establishment of a truth commission and in the implementation of a commission’s recommendations. The article frames mobilization as enabling vertical accountability relationships following the pressure that victims an…
Mirroring Truths
Long-established liberal democracies with histories of settler colonialism-from the United States and Canada to Australia and Scandinavia-are beginning to explore their histories of violence and dispossession. This, in many ways, is long overdue, but the desire to come to terms with past injustices should not obscure the challenges that still stand in the way of any reasonable effort to do so. We argue that transitional justice can be applied to …
Submissive to the Political Will? Civil Society and Victims’ Mobilization around Truth Commissions
Objective/context: The article explores truth commissions as processes that allow victims and civil society mobilization. It examines the relationship between victims and civil society with the governing regime in the lead up to the establishment of a truth commission and in the implementation of a commission’s recommendations. The article frames mobilization as enabling vertical accountability relationships following the pressure that victims an…
Still disappeared’
Experts agree that in 1990, Nepal established a truth commission to investigate disappearances that allegedly happened between 1960 and 1990. Little is known about this truth-seeking mechanism. Most of what has been published refers to the Mallik Commission, a better-known commission established also in 1990. This Research Note presents new data on the Committee on Disappearances. It examines the process through which the Committee came to be and…
What Truth? How Civil Society Organisations Shape the Knowledge Production of Truth Commissions
This article examines how civil society organisations are able to shape the politics of knowledge production of truth commissions (TCs). The article argues that their capacity varies according to the ongoing power dynamics resulting from local, national and international factors that shape the establishment of a TC. The interactions of these factors are studied through an analytical framework that assesses three dimensions, namely: the standardis…
Mirroring Truths
Long-established liberal democracies with histories of settler colonialism-from the United States and Canada to Australia and Scandinavia-are beginning to explore their histories of violence and dispossession. This, in many ways, is long overdue, but the desire to come to terms with past injustices should not obscure the challenges that still stand in the way of any reasonable effort to do so. We argue that transitional justice can be applied to …
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